Population: 2,758,124 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.1% (male 464,297/female 449,181)
15-64 years: 59.6% (male 808,718/female 835,394)
65 years and over: 7.3% (male 90,100/female 110,434) (2006 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.8% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 20.82 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 6.52 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Net migration rate: -6.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) mtDNA-based chart of large human migrations. ...

Sex ratio: Pratic: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total population: 15.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) is the death of infants in the first year of life. ...

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.24 years
male: 71.54 years
female: 75.03 years (2006 est.) World map of human life expectancy, 2005 Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average length of survival of a living thing. ...

Total fertility rate: 2.41 children born/woman (2006 est.) Fertility is a measure of reproduction: the number of children born per couple, person or population. ...

Nationality:
noun: Jamaican(s)
adjective: Jamaican In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ...

Ethnic groups: Black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, White (Mostly British,Portuguese,Germans,Irish,Jewish) 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, Mixed Race 7.3%, Lebanese 0.1% A Masai man in Kenya Black people or blacks is a political, social or cultural classification of people. ... Indo-Jamaican or East Indian Jamaicans are People who are born in Jamaica who are descents of East Indian immigrants who came from India to the island as indentured workers. ... Whites redirects here. ... Actress Halle Berry was born to a white mother of British extraction and a black father of American extraction. ...

Religions: Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Baptist 8.8%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 5.5%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Brethren 1.1%, Moravians 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, 34.7% Rastafarians of various orders, Muslims 0.5%, Jews 0.5%. Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Protestantism encompasses the forms... Church of God is a name used by numerous, mostly unrelated bodies. ... The Seventh-day Adventist (abbreviated Adventist[1]) Church is a Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week, as the Sabbath. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Baptist is a term describing individuals belonging... The Pentecostal movement within Evangelical Christianity places special emphasis on the direct personal experience of God through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as shown in the Biblical account of the Day of Pentecost. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Anglicanism is the term used to encapsulate... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      For school of ancient... The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is an united church formed on 1 December 1965 by bringing the Protestant denominations: the Presbyterian Church in Jamaica and the Congregational Union of Jamaica together. ... The Brethren are any of several Christian denominations, most of which are Anabaptist-Pietist. ... The Moravian Seal, as rendered by North Carolina artist Marie Nifong The Moravian churches form a modern, mainline Protestant denomination with a religious heritage that began in 15th-century Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic). ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Rasta hairstyle Rastafarianism is a religious movement that believes in the divinity of former emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...

Languages: English (official), Jamaican Creole (most common tongue), Hindi, Chinese, Spanish (primary foreign language). The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Jamaican Creole, also known locally as Patois/(Patwa) or simply Jamaican, is an English/African-based language --not to be confused with Jamaican English nor with the Rastafarian use of English-- used primarily on the island of Jamaica. ... Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India. ...

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 87.9%
male: 84.1%
female: 91.6% (2003 est.) World literacy rates by country The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, and speak. ...

References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The World Factbook 2007 (government edtion) cover. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...